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Goochland County Facts

Census Statistics

	Goochland County	Virginia
Population, 2003 estimate	18,138	7,386,330
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	7.6%	4.3%
Population, 2000	16,863	7,078,515
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	19.1%	14.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.2%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	21.3%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.5%	11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.6%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	72.7%	72.3%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	25.6%	19.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	2.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.8%	2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.9%	4.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	72.3%	70.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	61.8%	52.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.0%	8.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.5%	11.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	78.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	29.4%	29.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	2,267	1,155,083
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	32.1	27.0?
Housing units, 2002	7,026	3,006,877
Homeownership rate, 2000	86.6%	68.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	1.2%	21.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$149,800	$125,400?
Households, 2000	6,158	2,699,173
Persons per household, 2000	2.51	2.54
Median household income, 1999	$56,307	$46,677
Per capita money income, 1999	$29,105	$23,975
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	6.9%	9.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	453	176,532
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	3,436	2,943,854
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	3.7%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,086	373,384
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	83,814,009
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	72,503	62,569,924
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$4,253	$9,293
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	14.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	12.5%	27.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	267	59,445
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	66,785	74,536,593
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	284	39,594
Persons per square mile, 2000	59.3	178.8
Metropolitan Area	Richmond-Petersburg,	?
FIPS Code	075	51

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